Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Fernando Alonso’s 2017 Top 5
By Elle Haus | In order to achieve Fernando Alonso’s status one must possess certain traits: dogged determination, technical ability and skill, strategic cunning and a reliable set of wheels at your disposal. Unfortunately for the Spaniard the latter has…
Charles Leclerc: “Formula 1 is a sport I admire”
Before Charles Leclerc was named to be a driver for the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, he talked with the Paddock magazine about Monaco, the competition and sticking to his regime. Being from Monaco, it’s fairly natural that you’ve…
What do racers think about driver managers?
We catch up with Yannick Mettler, a professional racing driver whom we interviewed last year. Today we asked him a few questions on what a racer is actually looking for in a driver manager. What are the most important qualities…
Force India’s COO: “It’s the fans that really make the difference”
By Ryan Werner | At the Gran Premio de Mexico, the Paddock magazine caught up with Otmar Szafnauer, Force India’s Chief Operating Officer at their paddock in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. On the business side, have the changes been…
Q&A with Eric Boullier, McLaren’s Racing Director
By Ryan Werner | The day before the race at Austin, the Paddock magazine had an opportunity to interview Eric Boullier, McLaren Formula 1’s Racing Director, who was brought on board in 2014, but has been closely involved in Formula…
Jess Shanahan: “Anyone who has F1 as their goal can hop in a car and start that journey”
Apart from being a solid motorsport journalist, Jess Shanahan also works in motorsport and runs Racing Mentor. Through this, she coaches racing drivers, and anyone looking for a career in motorsport, on how to be a success and open up…
The three P’s of Formula 1: Points, Penalties and Prizes
The 2017 Italian Grand Prix served to highlight once again that current Formula 1 regulations around grid penalties for exceeding allocated allowances of power unit components over a season are not fit for purpose. With drivers, teams, and the media…
Mika Salo: six races for the Prancing Horse
There are drivers in the history of Formula 1 who didn’t achieve a lot in terms of results – still, they are remembered for one or another reason. Mika Salo was called in as a substitution for Ferrari when Michael…
#MonzaGP2017: a brief recap
#MonzaGP2017: there were 185,000 spectators at Monza this year, so 32.8% more than in 2016. A real success, I’d say. And if we added that to the number of spectators present at the Historical Cars Parade organised by the Automobile…
Top 5 reasons why Formula 1 would miss Fernando Alonso
By Kunal Shah and Mithila Mehta | By the time you read this column, Fernando Alonso would’ve probably made up his mind about his future in Formula 1. It’s strange that the sport’s most complete driver, also the sport’s unluckiest…
Moving On Up: Katie Milner
We meet an enthusiastic young racer, Katie Milner. Look out for this one! What advice would you give now to someone who’s eager to start a career in motorsport? Most of my competitors started karting from a young age. However,…
Technical illustrations by Paolo D’Alessio
Once again we have Paolo D’Alessio to share a few technical illustrations of Formula 1 cars with us, and this time it’s a Ferrari! This is a great book with loads of exclusive pictures never seen before! We are excited…
